REPORT: Roach Dynamos 1-2 Prestwich

Tuesday March 22nd 2016 | Football

As in the home fixture Roach proved stubborn opposition and put in a far more impressive performance than their league position suggests but Prestwich edged them out to bring their current unbeaten run to ten games.

A pudding of a pitch saw to it that the quality of football was below the side’s normal levels and the early exchanges were very scrappy with neither side really able to bring any cohesion to their play and possession was constantly swapping between the sides.

Roach were probably just shading it but without every really looking like scoring as Prestwich’s new look rear guard of keeper Mike Hudson, Andy Davies, Tom Gibson, Richard Steadman and Paul Taylor looked impenetrable.

Up front Prestwich offered the usual threat in the surging runs of Steve Murty and Mike Neary on the flanks but were struggling to make the ball stick in the final third for any length of time.

It all changed on 22 mins when another Murty burst past several players on the left saw him pick out Sean Haslam just to the left on the edge of the box, he rolled his man superbly and shot from a tight angle with enough power to make it too hot to handle for the keeper and David Prieto who’d made a great run from deep bundled it over the line.

Prestwich started to dominate and despite an awful stodgy playing surface managed to play some really neat passing football, Chris Hopkins and Kieran Comiskey got a grip of the central areas and released the front men at every opportunity.

The second came minutes later with an individual goal by Haslam who again rolled his man but a lot deeper this time and with a lot more to do, but his run on goal was finished off with an crisp finish low and hard into the corner.

A spell of complacency set in after the goal and Roach started to get to the ball first and come into the ascendency, there were a string of corners and crosses but Mike Hudson dealt comfortably with everything that came his way.

On 40 mins though a deep hit cross from the left for once saw Steadman and Taylor lose track of their men and a Roach striker was left with all the time and space in the world to power a great header past Hudson giving him no chance to make it 2-1 at the interval.

The second period was an ugly affair with a worsening pitch really affecting the quality of football, it proved a big leveller as although the balance of play was fairly even Roach offered an equal threat in spite of Prestwich clearly being the more accomplished football team.

Hudson and the back four were all excellent as Roach started to up the ante but as time wore on they started to run out of ideas and Prestwich should really have put the game to bed. Murty as usual was the source of countless counter attacks one of which saw Haslam inexplicably miss from a couple of yards with the goal at his mercy, Dave Thompson just couldn’t get the ball out of his feet in one goalmouth scramble and Murty himself headed over from a few yards out.

Despite a few scares Prestwich saw the game out to claim a deserved three points and keep their impressive run going. With a mouthwatering cup tie looming up against only once defeated premier division front runners Failsworth Dynamos that run is going to be severely tested.

Privacy Policy

By using this website you consent to the collection, use and transfer of the information that you provide to us in accordance with the terms of this policy.

We reserve the right to change this policy from time to time at our sole discretion. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with this policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of any changes. Your use of this website after a change has been posted will signify your acceptance of the modified privacy policy.

If you do not accept the terms of this policy, you may not use this website.

Information we may collect from you
When you visit or use this website, you may be asked to provide certain information about yourself, including personal details. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our site and, if you contact us, we may keep a record of correspondence.

We may also collect information about your usage of this website as you and others browse our website.

Use of the information we collect
The information you provide to us will be used for several general purposes including: administering business activities; providing information on products and services you have requested and keeping you up to date with our products and services.

You acknowledge and agree that we may contact you by post, telephone or fax as well as by email.

We will retain the personal information provided by you for as long as is reasonably necessary for the purposes listed in this policy.

Disclosure of your information
The information you provide to us will be held by us and may only be accessed by us for the purposes set out in this policy or for other purposes approved by you.

If we sell, assign or transfer the assets of our business, or if our business is sold or merged, or if we enter into a joint venture with another business entity, we reserve the right to sell the databases maintained by the company in connection with this website (including any personal information provided by you).

We may also disclose your personal information to third parties if: we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation; or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and any other agreements with you; or to protect the rights, property or safety of our company, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

IP addresses and cookies
Similar to other commercial websites, this website utilises a standard technology called ‘cookies’ and web server log files to collect information about how this website is used. A ‘cookie’ is a small piece of information sent from our website to your computer to help us to identify you quickly. The information we collect allows us to monitor website traffic and to personalise content of the website for you. The information we collect is anonymous.

You do not need to accept cookies and may alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies it is possible that some areas of this website will not function as effectively when viewed.

Security
We employ security measures to protect the information provided by you from access by unauthorised persons and against unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction or damage.

Your rights
You may ask us to make changes to the information provided by you and/or held about you, to ensure that it is accurate and kept up to date. You may also request that we cease from processing your personal information and that we delete your data from our database or records. Please note that it may be impossible to completely delete your information because of back-ups and records of deletions.

We will only perform the activities outlined above to the extent that such activities will not compromise privacy, security or any other legal interests.

Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@prestwichsport.com.